vasyl lomachenko

The second time was the charm for Gary Russell Jr., who won the WBC featherweight title with a fourth-round stoppage of Jhonny Gonzalez on Saturday in Las Vegas. The new beltholder says he was better prepared for Gonzalez than he was for Vasyl Lomachenko, who he lost a decision to last year in his first title bout.

Ukrainian featherweight Vasyl Lomachenko brought his incredible amateur record to the pros and won a world title in his third fight. He discusses why challenging himself like that is so important and gives his take on matchups fans have been envisioning for him.

Jesus Cuellar, THE RING’s No. 9-rated featherweight, used body shots to break down Ruben Tamayo to a fifth-round stoppage on Saturday at the Little Creek Casino in Shelton, Washington. The Argentine southpaw looks like a player in the deep 126-pound division.

Fans share their thoughts on Manny Pacquiao’s ridiculously dominant decision victory over Chris Algieri, where they think he stands in terms of ability, and what they think is next; fans also praised Vasyl Lomachenko and evaluated the fighters on the monster Cleverly-Bellew rematch card in this week’s Monday mailbag.

Vasyl Lomachenko defeated Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo by a shutout decision to retain his WBO featherweight title even though he injured his left hand in the seventh round on the Manny Pacquiao-Chris Algieri card Saturday in Macau, China.

Manny Pacquiao weighed 143.8 pounds, just under the catchweight of 144 pounds for his WBO welterweight title bout against Chris Algieri, who came in slightly over at 144.2 at Saturday morning’s weigh-in in Macau. Algieri returned to the scale and checked in at 143.6.

Fans share their displeasure with the official scorecards of Arthur Abraham’s unanimous decision over Paul Smith, their excitement for Artur Beterbiev, plus their questions about Keith Thurman, Deontay Wilder, the Klitschko-Pulev fight and much more in this week’s Monday mailbag.

Junior welterweight prospect Jose Ramirez spoke to RingTV about pursing a college business degree, training at Wild Card Boxing Club for his first eight rounder on the Rios-Chaves undercard, fighting Vasyl Lomachenko during his extensive amateur career, making the 2012 U.S. Olympic team and sparring with Manny Pacquiao.